Mystery Book Awards: The Barrys, The Macavitys, The Shamus, and The Anthonys, Winners Announced at Bouchercon

With Bouchercon coming to a close today in Baltimore, it's time to update our Mystery Book Awards website with the winners of the mystery book awards given out at this annual gathering of mystery writers and fans.

The Barry Awards were presented by the editors of Deadly Pleasures for the best works published in crime fiction. The winners were:

Best Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
Best First Novel: In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
Best British Crime Nove: Damnation Falls by Edward Wright (Orion)
Best Paperback Original: Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Best Thriller: The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)

The Macavity Awards were voted on by members of Mystery Readers International in a number of mystery categories. The top winners were:

Best Mystery Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
Best First Mystery Novel: In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)

The Shamus Awards are given by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor excellence in the PI genre. The winners were:

Best P. I. Hardcover: Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (Moe Prager)
Best First P. I. Novel: Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover (Ray Dudgeon)
Best P. I. Paperback Original: Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas (John Blake)

Finally, winners of the Anthony Awards are selected by attendees at Bouchercon. The winners were:

Best Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
Best First Novel: In the Woods by Tana French
Best Paperback Original: A Thousand Bones by P. J. Parrish

Congratulations from the editors of Mystery Books News to all the winners!

In related news, all this past week the Baltimore Sun has provided mystery authors attending the conference space on its Read Street Blog to write on topics of itnerest to them. Among the many entertaining posts Charlaine Harris talked about sex, "Blood", and mysteries while Carolyn Hart wrote on good vs. evil, Mark Billingham discussed lying ("Writers lie for a living, right?") and Andrew Gross on changing careers. Finally, Deborah Crombie in the final post of the week explained the chaos and camaraderie of Bouchercon.

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